Tab-end button.



H. J. STUART.

TAB`BND BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED APRJ, 1914. 1,101,971 Patented June30, 1914.

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HENRY J'. STUART, OF DER-BY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE R. N. BASSETTCOMPANY, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

TAB-END BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed April 11, 1914. Serial No. 831,118.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. STUART, a citizenof the United States, residing at Derby, New Haven count, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTab-End Buttons, of `which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a new and irnproved method of threading tab endbuttons so-called, such devices being commonly employed in connectionwith hose supporters, the invention in the present case relating merelyto the means for connecting the sup porting tape to the button element.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a front View, relatively enlarged. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section, partially threaded. Fig. 3 is a similar view,fully threaded.

l is a button.

2 is a base plate having three sl-ots therein, one slot being on oneside of the button, the other two slots being on the opposite side ofthe button. These slots are respectively indicated at represents a pieceof tape of a width proper to pass through said slots. One end of thistape is secured to the button, while the other end leads up to asuitable support, the upper end of the tape being shown as broken off.

The course of the threading` is as follows: The tape passes through theslot 3 from the front to the rear, the slot 8 being the uppermost slot;thence the tape passes down to and around the lower end of the baseplate Q., thence upwardly along the front to and through theintermediate slot 4 from the front to the rear; thence down the back toand through the slot 5 from the rear to the front; thence down to andaround the lower edge of the base plate 2and thence up along the back soas to underlie that part of the tape leading from the slot 3 down to andaround the lower end. It will be seen that by the tortuous course of thethreading, considerable friction is produced where the bends occur atthe lower end ofthe plate, this friction bein@ suiiicient to preventslippage, thereby doing away with the necessity of any mechanicalfastenings or sewing. Again, by this arrangement the danger of cuttingthe webbing by the lower edge of the plate 2 is reduced to ay minimumbecause at that point where the heaviest strain comes, the inner layerof the web acts as a pad to prevent chafing the outer layer upon whichlatter length of webbing the strain occurs. lt is obvious that theparticular order observed in passing the tape through the slots isimmaterial, although the simplest and most expeditious method ofthreading the tape through the frame comprises tuclring the two ends ofthe tape through the slots in the position indicated in Fig. 2, thentaking the longer end and turning it back and passing it up and throughthe slot 3 from the rear to the front, simultaneously turning bach theshort end so that when the tape is drawn taut, the structure will appearas in Fig. 8.

That I claim is:

In a tab end, a base plate, a button mounted thereon, a single slot insaid plate above said button, two slots in said plate below said button,and a tape threaded through said slots as follows: through the upperslot from the front to the rear; thence down to and around the loweredge of the plate; thence up to and through the intermediate .slot fromthe front to the rear; thence down to and through the lowermost slotfrom the rear to the front; thence down to and around the lower edge ofthe plate and up along the back thereof, the extreme lower endterminating between the lower edge of the plate and the uppermost slot.

HENRY J. STUfiRT.

Witnesses:

AGNES It. ORSETMAN, lIVILLIAM MCNAMARA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, ID. C.

